Chisena Danza/Melissa Chisena

Chisena Danza was founded in 2008 by artistic director Melissa Chisena. Chisena Danza is a dance and production company that collaborates with many different artists to educate and inspire its audiences through the art form of dance and music.

July 5, 2017 — (Philadelphia, PA) Koresh Dance Company will unite dance innovators, audience favorites, and emerging artists this summer when it presents 41 dance companies in its 4th annual Come Together Dance Festival at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre in Philadelphia. The festival, which began in 2013, celebrates the diversity, creativity, and technical excellence of Philadelphia’s dance community. From August 16 through the 20th, 5 mixed programs will stage an eclectic range of styles, juxtaposing genres from hip hop, tap, and jazz to ballet, modern, contemporary dance, acrobatic physical theater, and traditional dance. This year, the festival is supported by The Dexter F. & Dorothy H. Baker Foundation & Richard Glassman.

Over 100 dance companies were either invited or applied to participate in the 2017 Come Together Dance Festival. The final roster of 41 companies includes internationally acclaimed Philadelphia companies Brian Sanders’ JUNK, Just Sole! Street Dance Theater Company, Rennie Harris Puremovement, PHILADANCO!, and Kun-Yang Lin/ Dancers. The festival will also feature up-and-coming choreographers, as well as talented young dancers from the Koresh Pre/Professional Summer Intensive and Koresh Youth Ensemble.

Axis- Photo by Julieanne Harris

Duet partners Melissa Chisena and Marie Brown will be performing a new duet, titled Axis, in collaboration with Philadelphia Musician Jonathan Cannon. Created to an original Drum and Bass score, the dancers are tethered to the ground, exploring fast rigorous floor-work movement while continuously revolving around one axis point.